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United Kingdom (1980 – present)

Rudimentary Peni (1980 - present) emerged from the scene in the UK in the early eighties as one of the most novel and recognizable acts of the era.

Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on all of Rudimentary Peni’s albums. Blinko is also rumored to have written the band’s Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric album whilst resident in a psychiatric hospital … , having suffered from mental illness most of his life, as such, the subject matter of the album relates to the delusions Nick was experiencing at the time, particularly the idea that he was said Pope. Nick’s subject matter has been influenced by the work of H.P. Lovecraft who he had studied after having delusions of the macabre element of life and hereafter. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes. The band also features drummer Jon Greville.

Very few photos exist of the band, as their albums feature Blinko’s drawings, but artist and record label owner Pushead published a few photos of the band in an early edition of his magazine.

The band had early connections with Crass, and released their Farce EP on Crass Records. Though they stopped performing in the 1980s after bassist Grant Matthews was diagnosed with cancer, they continue to record and release material today, though they rarely give interviews.
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  • the_raytownian

    cacophony. o/

    23 May 4:42am Reply

  • rudimentaryputa

    deathpunk

    17 Apr 7:29am Reply

  • idrovetoday

    YOU HATE ME. AND FRUSTRATE ME.

    2 Apr 12:01am Reply

  • Octaviobanake

    Cacophony is a great album. \o

    1 Apr 1:13am Reply

  • nilzzzberghman

    "Also, why are you threatened by a handful of 20/30-something-year-old songs suggesting that war, organized religion, and being a mindless consumer-blob and an ideological fraud are bad things? I know, that's very scary stuff for a mindless electro-goth club kid to contemplate, but come on..." <--- this. I will never understand these folks.

    29 Mar 4:00pm Reply

  • AFatalCure

    nightgaunts nightgaunts

    19 Mar 9:45pm Reply

  • the_raytownian

    What views, exactly? This begs for an explanation. Considering they've been more or less apolitical in their writing for the majority of their existence (since the 80's), I have to figure you don't even know what you're talking about. Also, why are you threatened by a handful of 20/30-something-year-old songs suggesting that war, organized religion, and being a mindless consumer-blob and an ideological fraud are bad things? I know, that's very scary stuff for a mindless electro-goth club kid to contemplate, but come on...

    15 Mar 4:33am Reply

  • Loving_Dead_PL

    I like the sound, I hate the views they are selling.

    11 Mar 12:55pm Reply

  • SkiesAt0urFeet

    Is the conquest of pain my only aim?

    13 Feb 2:24am Reply

  • rasen-virus

    best punk ever

    11 Feb 3:33pm Reply

  • AFatalCure

    carnivores are like tombstones

    18 Jan 9:54pm Reply

  • Un_Pudu

    sounds good at breaking dawn

    14 Jan 10:37am Reply

  • j-yeags

    so fucking good.

    6 Jan 12:00am Reply

  • pottlukk

    I don't always listen to punk, but when I do, I prefer Rudimentary Peni.

    8 Dec 2012 Reply

  • bloody_octopus

    greatest band

    1 Dec 2012 Reply

  • NeroAsTheLife

    Thay have this ability of say the saddest,coldest fuckin truth in such a few words..i'll love this band 'till the day the gentle death will come finally allowin me to sleep forever.

    9 Nov 2012 Reply

  • dar4u

    One of the best bands that ever existed, and i'm not just talking about the punk rock realm. [2]

    15 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Jvstinbowen

    i tell you about the animals- how they suffer how they die, you try to hide guilty doubt- from me with an appeasing smile, you never want responsibility- for this murderous cruelty, the wasteful piles of blood-soaked bodies - you won't let your conscience see.

    29 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Poelzig

    A sound impossible to imitate; you can play the same chords and try to sound like Blinko, but the truly unsettling eerie insane element is unreproducible. One of the best bands that ever existed, and i'm not just talking about the punk rock realm.

    28 Sep 2012 Reply

  • IvanGjr

    Hidden and unpolished gem- the way it should sound.

    7 Sep 2012 Reply
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